New York City Audubon SocietySaturday, March 19, 2011, 8:00am – 9:30amVan Cortlandt Park
Guide: Andrew Baksh or Urban Park Rangers. With the Van Cortlandt Park Conservancy, NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, and Urban Park Rangers. Meet at Van Cortlandt Nature Center. The history of birding and Van Cortlandt Park are inseparable. Influential birders such as Roger Tory Peterson and Allan D. Cruickshank got their starts on Van Cortlandt’s ecologically diverse grounds. These walks celebrate the tradition set forth by these great ornithologists. Participants will look for various species of migrants and discuss a wide range of avian topics. For more information, please call 718-548-0912. No registration necessary. No limit. Free.

Saturday, March 19, 2011, 10am – 2pmBeginning Birding
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, Crossbay Boulevard, Queens, NY
Classes: Mondays, March 14 and 21, 6:30-8:30pm
Trips: Sat., March 19, 10am-2pm (Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge) and Sat., March 26, 8-11am (Central Park)
Instructor: Starr Saphir
Learn how to identify the birds that migrate through New York City from Central and South America on their way north. Includes two classes, and then two trips—one to Central Park to see vireos, warblers, and tanagers, and one to Jamaica Bay to see herons, egrets, and shorebirds. Limited to 13. $85

Protectors of Pine Oak Woods (Staten Island)Saturday, March 19, 2011, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.Red Dot Trail at High Rock
Meet in the Nevada Avenue parking lot at High Rock Park. We plan to follow the Red Dot Trail that loops behind the administration buildings and cut invasive vines that strangle the young trees. We will also use our weed wrenches and pick-mattock on clumps of multi-flora rose and devil's walking stick that grow beside the trail. If you don't have your own, Protectors will supply pruners, gloves and refreshments. We will follow the two hour work session with a short walk along nearby trails. After a two hour work session (our 177th consecutive monthly workshop), we will take a short walk over nearby trails.
For more information call Don Recklies at (718) 768-9036 or Chuck Perry at (718) 667-1393.

Salamander Search
11:00 a.m.
Did you know New York State is the salamander capitol of the world? Delve into their domain...
Location: Prospect Park Picnic House (in Prospect Park), Brooklyn
Cost: Free

Celebrate Spring in Central Park
11:00 a.m.
Take a walk through Central Park in search of the first sign of spring right before the...
Location: Belvedere Castle (in Central Park), Manhattan
Cost: Free